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 [ 2 syll. jor-dan, jo-rd-an ] The boy name Jordan is also used, but less frequently, as a girl name. Its pronunciation is JHAORDahN KEY. Jordan is an English and German name of Hebrew origin. The name is from the sacred River Jordan in Israel where Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist. The name of the river is Yarden (Hebrew), which is from the Hebrew word 'hayarden' (flowing down) or 'yeredh' (to descend, to sink). The name was introduced by the Normans to England and was commonly bestowed upon children baptized in the river itself, or by holy water taken from the river. The name saw a revival in the 19th century among English speakers. Giordano (Italian), Jordano (Italian), Jory (English), Jourdain (French), and Yordan (Slavic) are variants of Jordan. Other forms of Jordan include the pet forms Jordie (English), Jordy (English), Jori (English), and Judd (English), and the variant spellings Geordan (English), Jorden (English), Jordin (English), Jordon (English), Jordyn (English), and Jourdan (English). Jordan is very popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity rose from the 1910s up to the 1990s. At the height of its usage in 1991, 0.756% of baby boys were given the name Jordan. It ranked at #29 then. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.417% and its ranking #48, but it was nonetheless the most popular within all boy names in its group. In 2008, 27 times more boys were named Jordan than the next ranked name, Jorden (English). Jordan has in the past century been mostly given to boys. In 2007, the name Jordan was given to 3 times as many boys than girls. Baby names that sound like Jordan include Jorden (English), Jordon (English), Jordin (English), Jordyn (English), Jourdain (French), Jordano (Italian), Geordan (English), and Giordano (Italian). KEY: Pronunciation for Jordan: JH as in "gee (JH.IY)" ; AO as in "ought (AO.T)" ; R as in "read (R.IY.D)" ; D as in "dee (D.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
